Mowat
Mowat is a yacht designed by A. Mylne & Co. under design number 389 in 1938. The vessel measured 25 feet on the waterline with a beam of 7.5 feet and a draft of 5 feet. No record of the builder or launch date has been established. The current existence and location of Mowat are unknown.
Ownership
No ownership records held for this vessel.
Crew
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Specification
Design Archive
Design No. 389
Mowat R
Designed 1938
Historical Context
A. Mylne & Co.'s design practice in the late 1930s encompassed a broad spectrum of yacht types and sizes. Design 389, created in 1938, falls within a productive phase of the office's work during the interwar years, when demand remained steady despite economic uncertainty. The modest dimensions of the Mowat design position it within Mylne's portfolio of smaller cruising yachts, a market segment that remained important throughout the 1930s. The limited documentation surviving for this particular design is not unusual for smaller vessels of the period, many of which were built by local or specialist builders and whose records have since been lost or dispersed. The absence of confirmed building records reflects the practical reality of yacht design and construction during this era, when not all designs progressed from drawing board to launch.